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30 Documentaries That Deserve to Be Added to the National Film Registry

A list of thirty documentary movies that deserve to be inducted into the National Film Registry for preservation.
Update: 20 Feet from Stardom (2013) was added to the Registry in 2023.
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Gimme Shelter (1970)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
2
That's Entertainment! (1974)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
Pumping Iron (1977)
Pumping Iron (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
4
Gates of Heaven (1978)
Gates of Heaven (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
5
Scared Straight! (1978)
Scared Straight! (1978)
6
Vernon, Florida (1981)
Vernon, Florida (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
Burden of Dreams (1982)
Burden of Dreams (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
8
Streetwise (1984)
Streetwise (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
The Silent Scream (1984)
The Silent Scream (1984)
10
For All Mankind (1989)
For All Mankind (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
11
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
Baraka (1992)
Baraka (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
13
Crumb (1994)
Crumb (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
14
Frank and Ollie (1995)
Frank and Ollie (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
15
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
16
When We Were Kings (1996)
When We Were Kings (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
17
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
18
American Movie (1999)
American Movie (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
19
Jackass: The Movie (2002)
Jackass: The Movie (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   49%
20
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
21
Grizzly Man (2005)
Grizzly Man (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
22
Murderball (2005)
Murderball (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
23
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
24
The King of Kong (2007)
The King of Kong (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
25
Food, Inc. (2008)
Food, Inc. (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
26
Man on Wire (2008)
Man on Wire (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
27
This Is It (2009)
This Is It (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
28
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
29
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
30
20 Feet From Stardom (2013)
20 Feet From Stardom (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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